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Thoughts on Worlds 2021 News, 4th Place Magcargo Mill @ Unofficial Japan Nationals, and 1st Place ADPZ @ Special League Ginza “the news: So far London is where Worlds 2021 will still be held given that it should have been our 2020 Worlds location. This makes sense and I’m not surprised to see Pokemon want to stay in London for Worlds. Personally, I’m not too excited about Worlds being in London only for the fact that I’ve been there for every International Championship thus far. Still, those that never been will appreciate the location more. I’m all for having Worlds in another country since we’ve only ever had it outside of the US one other time (Vancouver, Canada back in 2013).…
The Rebel Clash Up-and-Comers, Including Falinks V, Malamar VMAX, and Lost March Rebooted “To start off, we have Falinks V, a Fighting-typed brute reminiscent of Passimian SUM decks from a couple of formats ago. The deck utilizes Falinks V’s Iron Defense Formation Ability to decrease damage done to your Falinks’ by 20 damage. This pairs incredibly well with your main attacker, another Falinks! This single-Prize version does 30 damage for each of your Benched Falinks. With all 4 Vs and a 5th Falinks on board, you’re attacking for 150 with no other buffs and having damage reduced by 80, effectively giving Falinks at least 170 HP. Even better, the deck sets up incredibly…
A Look to Japan for Rebel Clash’s Impact on Standard’s Top Tiers, Including Dragapult VMAX, Toxtricity VMAX, ADPZ, and PikaRom “To understand some choices with Japanese decklists, we first have to understand Japanese tournaments. Their tournament levels roughly mirror ours: Trainer Challenges, City Leagues, Champions Leagues, and Japan Championship. Tournaments are Swiss + Top Cut, Best-of-1 with a 25-minute timer, except for Trainer Challenges. Much like our League Challenges, Trainer Challenges lack a Top Cut. Ties do not exist in Japanese tournament structure. This has an interesting effect on Stall decks. If a game would result in a tie by our standards, it results in a double loss in Japan. Because of this, Stall and Control decks don’t have nearly…
T8 @ Dallas w/ TrevNoir, Japanese Resources, Anticipated UPR–SSH Archetypes, and Snorlax VMAX for Expanded “My initial testing showed a struggle with Turbo Dark, as it was so easy for them to power up and take OHKOs due to Weakness. I discarded the deck, making a video to showcase it here: One week before the event though, my friend Alex Garcia encouraged us to give it another go as on paper it seemed strong, and we added 2 Weakness Policy to help deal with Turbo Dark. As we played the matchup more, we started to realize how favorable the match actually was, so we decided to high-roll with the deck and hope for the best.…
Coverage of the 2014 Japanese Charizard Mega Battles “This event was unique in that a few American friends who were in Japan were attending the event. This gave me a better opportunity to get more information on the event as well as a perspective on differences from the rest of the world. The metagame mostly consisted of Eelektrik variants and Garbodor with some degree of Pyroar splashed in. From what we’ve seen at other countries’ Nationals, this is very similar to the list of Top 8 decks from those events that I’ve looked at. One card that has popped up in Europe has been Miltank FLF, which is…
Sudden climate change wiped out this ancient kind of _______. This Pokémon absorbs others’ life-force through its branches. (Galarian Corsola)
NXD-XY Sypnosis, Fresh from Flashfire, and Nose on Japan “NXD-XY Synopsis Fresh from Flashfire Sniffing Out What’s New – Nose on Japan Conclusion XY ushered in quite a bit of changes to our format and created a lot of variation in what is doing well. At State Championships we saw wins out of everything from the usual Plasma, Blastoise, and Garbodor decks to Tool Drop, Ninetales, and Big Basics. As I’ve said before, I always like to see interesting decks that stray from the norm and try to play them myself if I find one I enjoy playing and am comfortable with. Blastoise has by far led the pack…
An Analysis of the 2013 Japanese Battle Fiesta “This was the first event using cards from Collection X and Collection Y and only a couple days after the set was released in Japan so many players didn’t have all the cards or weren’t sure what to play. My correspondent played an Exeggutor/Red Card deck with attackers and made it to the Top 8. I really like the concept of his deck so I’ll talk more about it later in the article. The Top 4 decks were… 1st – Rayquaza EX/Raikou EX/Eelektrik NVI 2nd – Darkrai EX/Yveltal EX/Landorus EX/Bouffalant DRX/Absol PLF 3rd – Zekrom BLW/Zekrom EX/Eelektrik NVI 4th -…
An Analysis of the Japanese Battle Carnival “The metagame before the tournament, taken from shop tournament results, testing results, and speculation is very similar to what the United States format is turning into right now. The only deck that is added with BW9 is Virizion EX + Genesect EX, but the rest of the decks seem very standard. “But why isn’t Blastoise + Keldeo EX + Black Kyurem EX PLS on the list? It should be tier 1, right?” Although Blastoise is one of the best decks right now I decided not to add it to the tier list. Because of the cost of Japanese Tropical Beach,…
The swirl pattern in this Pokémon’s body is its weakness. If it gets stirred, the swirl loses its shape, and ________ gets dizzy. (Sinistea)
It shows no mercy to any who desecrate fields and mountains. It will fly around on its icy wings, causing a blizzard to chase offenders away. (Frosmoth)
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